Ad Orientem – Eastward Presiding
Some reflections on ad orientem – eastward presiding.
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liturgy
Lent 4 2022
we have committed;
through our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God now and for ever.
Amen.
Cyril of Jerusalem
Cyril left important writings which help us to understand the liturgy and the instruction to catechumens in Fourth Century Jerusalem.
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Male and Female You Created Us?
In a world where gender is understood more as a spectrum and fluid, the Church can make itself irrelevant by, Sunday by Sunday, proclaiming that male and female God created us.
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Louis Weil RIP
I deeply appreciate all that Louis Weil offered, and many of his books sprinkle my shelves. Louis Weil was a liturgical giant. He was especially a huge influence in the formation of the 1979 Book of Common Prayer of The Episcopal Church.
Lent 3 2022
God,
the source of all our strength;
watch over us within and without,
that in body we may be protected from all adversity,
and in mind cleansed from all destructive thoughts;
through our Saviour Jesus Christ,
who is alive with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God now and for ever.
Amen.
Church Year is a Mess
The Church Year is a mess – for the majority of Christians ultimately a nourishing feast of scripture and tradition. But, by the time this filters down to the way it is used by NZ Anglicanism, the Anglican Church of Or has reworked it to a confused chaos that, in some communities, is worse than the BCP system that it replaces.
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